I went to George’s house to help setup a new keyboard with a producer I work for as an engineer and he showed us his guitar practice and a bunch of tunes for a couple hours and then we all sipped on some crazy expensive whiskey. One of the best nights of my life
This is legend. IT only took him minutes on the other guy's rig to feel it out and then rip. Also how he pays attention to the bass solo. Absolute Master class.
I'm a long time fan of George, and a guitar player.He got up without a warmup, playing somebody else's rig and just tore it up !This is proof of why I'm a fan, go George go !!
@@valdatriegaardt6310 Thank you for bring me back to groove all the way down to my shoes on this toe-tappin' masterpiece again... George on a solid body, sends shivers down my spine.
I once met George Benson; he was unexpectedly in the audience at a Roy Ayers gig in Ronnie Scotts around the turn of the millennium. He went up & did an impromptu tune with the band much like this, borrowing their guitar... Afterwards I eagerly sought him out in the audience as a big fan to thank him for his music (loved his Cookbook era) & as a jazz guitarist myself ask for any tips at all. He was super nice & friendly, but said he only had a few minutes to spare as had to chat to friends & to advise any nuances on the guitar would take way longer than that for him to even begin... Was just an honour to meet him I thought... I was at the club with my brother & at that time we looked much alike... My brother had been missing for ages so I looked around & eventually went to the upstairs bar to find him looking very confused... He told me George had appeared just offering tips on the guitar & they'd gone aside for a long advisory chat... He was too bewildered to ask why Mr Benson had proffered to give him so many tips & too starstruck to question why or really take it all in (he's also a jazz guitarist however so it fit in a bizarre & cosmically intuitive way for him!)... Turns out George wasn't remotely giving me any brush off earlier & after catching up with his buddies had later pulled my brother aside thinking he was me to really help out with some advice. I'll always really really rate him as a legendary man just for taking that time for me even if I didn't get to share it first hand!
So he was just chilling and then they called him up for a jam and he put on this astounding show? Just like that?! Dude's incredible, and the band's killing it, what a video!
Still cannot believe this footage - he's sitting there trying to have a night off, and the next thing, he's up on stage giving it large; the absolute legend that is Mr George Benson - never off duty and the definition of professionalism. How lucky to be in the audience that night - if only ...
@Nostalgic Lady Aaa but your here now connecting through time and space. What blessings we all have to connect to so many ages and artist and teachings that those with some Forethought and their willing sacrifice to hold still as can be many times just to provide for future generations like yourself right now or whenever now was when you heard this but again still not limited to only then but you can listen again and again and even share with others who can share O How glorious is that recorder or cameraman who many a times will never be known to those who receive their blessings from their sacrifice and there mercy to those of us who when listening to such great works of art feel filled with movement and spontaneous flowing thought movement, song and rhythm and harmony that to be still and not move and not sing and keep as quite and solid with not moving for a better experience for the future being like us who are so fortunate...I just really felt like i needed to thank the audio and video recorder and acknowledge their sacrifice for the future generations...would love to be able to search for the Roy Ayers show with George Benson here on you tube and to find the show you all are speaking of back there in comments💖💦🤲🙌🖖💃🤸♀🤹♀🧘♀🐯🐾🐉🌹🕸🛸🪐⚡🏳🌈☸☯⚛🌪🍄🛸♾🕉🧲🧬💹🎼🎧🎤🪗🎷📢📢🔊🎵📿🌩🌠🌟⛲🌄⛪🌐🗺🏔🏞🏝🎪⛺thanksdoc🧙♂🧘♂👣⚜🏳🌈🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣🏳⚧⬜⬛🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🔴🔺💱🔃🔄⚛🕯🎨🎄🌅🌏🌎🌍🌻🌱🐚🐢🐳🦋🦎🪶🕊🐄🐂🐮🦬🦁🫀❤🩹💗💓😹😻🥺goodvibesthanksdocchillwcatbufferingstayhomelearningsocialdist😂😇🤗🛌🍌🍋🥭🥥🫐🌶🥢🏡🏯⛪🗽⛲⛵🛰🚀🥗🥬🥑🫒🍅🥝🍒🍓🍌🍹🗾🏟🏯🛺🎭🧩🎯🧿🥽🥼🥻👘🩳📯🔔🕯🪙💵💴🖋✒🖊🖌📆📐📏📈🗝🔑⚒🛠🪛🔧🪚🪓🔨⛏⚙🛡🪐🕸🦬🦇🦋🕷♌♒🔱☯☸🔯☮☦⚛✡🕉🪘🪕🎻🪗🎷🎹🎸🎺🥁🖥📽🎥🎬🪔🪡🧵🪄🔮🔥🌀🌪🌈⚡🌊⛩🌉♨🌋🏘🛖🏕🌽🌴🌳🪴🌲🐝🦜🦚🐦🐤🐓🐔🧞♀🧚♂✊🤟❤🔥
First time I've ever seen GB play a Strat-style solid body guitar, and still killed it. A reminder that its the player, and not the gear, that makes the music sound and feel good.
Solid body's are no different than hollow body's, same 6 strings and same tuning.....lol My dad watched Wes Montgomery play a sears silver tone once in a show because his gear was held up at the airport. lol 1962, true story
I once played Allan Holdsworth's actual guitar through Allan Holdsworth's actual rig. It did not sound even remotely like Allan Holdsworth. Which was disappointing, but predictable, I guess.
To play like this on someone else’s rig on the fly, no words can describe the level of professionalism he exudes! Wish I’d been in that club when this took place, Holy Cow!
I saw many of the greats perform live in concert in the 70's and 80's. Michael, Prince, Earth, Wind & Fire, U2, Bowie, Heart, Bryan Adams. All of their shows were spectacular. But my favorite all time live concert moment was George Benson playing "This Masqurade" at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. George and the band played the song down just like the record and when they were done the stage lights went down the spotlight hit George and his guitar and he proceeded to play the song again by himself using the craziest jazz block chords, scatting and guitar ad libs I have ever heard in my life. I could not believe what I was hearing!!! I remember looking at my girlfriend in shock I was so amazed at what I was hearing. I grew up listening to herbie, chick, weather report, etc... And my father was a well known tap dancer in 50's who performed with Duke, Basie and Nat King Cole and my Godfather is the late great Erroll Garner. So I had heard some amazing jazz musicians before that night I saw George. Hands down the best live concert moment I ever saw! 🎼🔥👍💥
You had the same concert experiences I did. My boss managed EWF, Prince and Weather Report'. A friend from Warner Bros records got us front row seats for George Benson st the Music Center in LA. 70s were the very best in live and recorded music. This is such a great video!!'
Young mark whitfield was a sad broker in wall Street playin jazz in the nights. one day GBenson was in the club and was astonished by him, new contract and cd for MWhitfield. woww. ciao from italy.
Just watched Rick Beato's incredible interview with George and had to find this video I remembered watching. What an absolute masterful legend. Seriously, nobody compares to this guy. Hops up on stage sitting in on a metal shredder guitar and sounds exactly like ... George Frigging Benson! THE MAN!!!!!
Every second of this more precious than gold. The world is a much better place directly due to this footage. A thousand thanks are not enough. George is a God, and the bass solo was superb - I'm sure even George's secret weapon, the great Stanley Banks would agree.
It does no such thing. A lot of music and musicians in 1978 when George Benson recorded the seminal love "On Broadway" track sucked as well, RUclips only surfaces the good stuff for your rose-tinted glasses. It's not just that you're old, it's that your ears have shut down and you're not trying to find awesome new music. That's your right, the best from 100 years of recorded music will inevitably outclass whatever this decade can contribute, but spare us your dismissal of music made today.
It's almost a fear to do what they want, The Stones were surprised when they went back to their roots recently. They released the album with a slight warning it wasn't very rock n roll. It was loved by the fans. Some of the modern guys judt need to let rip, stop trying to keep up an image. They are good enough I'm sure. That David guy who covered Simon and Garfunkle's sound of silence for example.
Jeez, I,m sure that George could play this 10, 15 different ways, & as long as he has got that brilliant bass behind him, it will always sound fantastic.
Caro George, ho avuto la gioia e l' onore di ascoltarti e vederti a Torino, quando quel genio di organizzatore, che era Sergio Ramella ( R.I.P ), era capace di portare in nord Italia, tutto il carrozzone glorioso si Umbria Jazz... una volta, in un concerto EPICO, suonasti con McCoy Tyner e ne venne fuori un momento indimenticabile... Sei un Grande, George, un musicista immenso.. ma questo lo sai già, ti mando tutto l' affetto e la stima del mondo.
Don't know who the 102 people are who disliked this but they have more problems than I would care to address. This is what it's about!!! Please cherish this!! This kind of talent does not come around often and when it's gone, it's gone!! Remember when Prince left us? The ultra great George Benson!! Sir, you are one of the very best!!!
Me and a friend saw this man do a show in Dallas late nineties and he tore this song up for about 30 minutes. Never seen anything close to what they did just blew my mind. Tight, tight tempo changes and crazy funky riffs on his guitar. Legendary musician and hero
Simply "AMAZING"-- George Benson is the best. What a musician and the band is killing it. I Love this song. I still have the long 45 version. On Broadway 🎶🎶🎵
It bums me out so much to see that George Benson sounds like George Benson on any guitar. I had been holding on to the hope that I would sound just as good if I only had his gear. Guess I’ll go practice. And cry.
At one point I thought my parents were rich and just hiding it from me to teach me how to relate to the common man. A comparable level of disappointment.
Been down that rabbit hole man. Bought and sold several guitars hoping, "this is the one." I'm fairly good, these guitars are as good as they come, but in no way can that combination even approach the virtuosity of George Benson. At times, I hav wanted to burn guitars, throw them in the river or smash them with a hammer. It's a false church! As so clearly demonstrated here, it took George maybe ten seconds to get his tone and get acclimated to this little overdrive shredder guitar, a guitar I would not even pick up, and tear the roof off the house with it. He has always been and always will be my single biggest influence, even though I can not play anything remotely like him. This video is yet again an inspiration, a call to get back and practice more today. Thanks as always George Benson. Truly the best ever.
I met george in 92 when he had a tour in argentina; he held a guitar clinic to a limited audience and I was there. I asked george about his picking technique, he said just play softly. well I have to say he is a very very very humble guy, I even took a photo and got his signature. It was just like a dream come true, as a jazz guitar student.
I think that after the gig, when I got home, I would take that white guitar, put it on a stand in the living room and just stare at it for the rest of the night trying to understand how George could find the music he played on it! Took him all of ten seconds to get his tone out of it. The band's guitarist strapped on a guitar but then just took it back off and spent the rest of the song just watching George. Can't say I blame the guy. I think of George Benson walked on stage when I was doing a gig, I probably wouldn't be able to play Mary Had a Little Lamb. This must have been such an honor.
Holy crap! George just jumps up there, grabs someone else's guitar, and shreds like he's possessed. T-A-L-E-N-T! And the bass player is good - love how he solos and impresses George enough to comment to his protege.
Damn, the man has always, always, always had the smoothest hands. He's like Roy Clark: impeccably talented and enjoys himself on stage so much, it's infectious. You can''t help but have a great time. Period.
Martin Fisher not according to Santana, it is Gabor Szabo who showed new ways of playing( jazz) guitar. GB is phenomenal I agree but, as also being a Hungarian myself, and them both having been friends at one time in the past and attending the same school I heard that GB took some tunes that was written by GSZ. I wonder if anybody has any comment or info about this...
Jeez, Even Genesis incorporated it in their "Lamb lies down on broadway", & it fits perfectly. Fantastic, Incredible, Wonderful, Amazing, Brilliant, double funk, a slice of jazz, triple cool. & just great.
It’s like he went back in time and grabbed his younger hungrier self .The first Jazz guitarist to cross over to the pop world .This post was like a fine wine .
When most people think of George Benson, they usually think of one or two of his hits (ie: Give Me The Night), but what they often overlook is just how talented he is. One of the “Greats” as guitar players, and so much more❗️
OMG... I have loved George Benson and his incredible style since I worked on one of his concerts at Central Michigan University back in the 1970's. The man was so nice, he even invited us all back to his dressing room for champagne after the concert. Total class and style!
Yes indeed......George Benson. A long long time ago George use to work for my uncle in the roofing business when George was just getting his start. The biscuit and gravy district of Downtown Pittsburgh. Ever since then, George Benson has been a household name in my family and my Grandfather always said that if you ever are in the presence of George...........you are in the presence of greatness...far beyond royality, you are in the presence of the right hand man of God. How true he was........................
I was just a boy when Benson's album "Breezin'" ruled the charts. I thought he was an amazing artist. After all of these years he had not lost that magic
@@willmurray222 Yeah I remember him as a damn good jazz guitarist from before he got into vocal stuff. Trouble is the playing took a back seat to the vocals latterly, but I guess it made him more money which, speaking as a musician, I can't blame him for doing. Nat King Cole went down that route too, as did Louis Armstrong. ;)
And a totally different style of guitar to boot, solid body rock guitar, thin line, different neck and profile to George's more traditional Gibson / Gretsch style larger hollow body, more acoustic in nature. Shows us his genius in being able to still sound like George - he could play a broom with 2 nails and a wire between... What a man! Thanks for huge upload.
JazzyZenBrotha, you posted exactly what I was going to post!!!!!! I'll add : His guitar playing is so extraordinary that it's easy to forget what an ultra fantastic vocalist George is as well.
IMPRESSIVE GEORGE PERFORMANCE...any other kind?? LUVED the BLUES guitar work pulling from his unlikely, and rich childhood BLUES music exposure and playing experiences. Bluesy jazz SCAT singing was...genuine-sounding and excellently phrased, synchopated, and pleasantly pitched and clearly articulated !!!
having been into george starting in the late 70's ,i consider myself extremely "blessed" to watch and hear george in this clip. we have been given a man's accumulated skill and maturity that he's acquired over the years . this for me is way richer and deeper than anything we got from the early george . what a precious historical document . it's just like old good wine . george and the boys caught the magic that night .pity the vid quality is so crap.but despite the poor vid quality we can still catch and feel the exceptional performance . i suspect george was front and centre for this and really tried hard for the guys that called him on stage because they honoured him so much .that's what made it way better than anything i've seen heard him do.he really put his whole heart into this plus a bit more for the guys .it was a personal thankyou from george to them because they were smart enough to recognise more than most people what he's capable of ..they made it hard for him and set the bar really high when they addressed him as THE GREAT GEORGE BENSON . but george jumped up and over with ease .and brought the GREATNESS with him
This.... with out any doubt is one of the most remarkable songs and performers that couldn't define America beyond something that is not definable. To me George defines everything that genius is capable of in America..................................
Aw, Jeff, you just HAD to lower the tone and spoil the vibe and drag us all down into the gutter and get the mood all dirty with that nasty, nasty flag stuff that sticks to the sole of your shoe and turns every damn thing into a great stinking mess of lebensraum and loathing and bitterness and hate and - What? Sorry, did I get a little carried away? Nationalism? Chauvinism? In this day and age? Gosh. Fancy that. It's a fine musical performance by one of the greats. That's quite sufficient.
I don't know what to say there are no words.. this man is truly inspirational he is truly the best The voice The guitar 🎸 Genius Kids listen and learn George Benson George Benson is his name🎸🎶❤
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“I can play this here guitar”.
That’s quite an understatement.
Of the century!
Amen!
All I ever think is "Yes, yes you can".
I went to George’s house to help setup a new keyboard with a producer I work for as an engineer and he showed us his guitar practice and a bunch of tunes for a couple hours and then we all sipped on some crazy expensive whiskey. One of the best nights of my life
Where there many guitars in his house?
Cool. Lucky you. Seems like a very cool guy.
Lucky you!
That’s what life is all about..Those awesome memories
I did this with a famous artist some years back when he sat in with us..
Some stuff tends to stick in the head for various reasons.
This is legend. IT only took him minutes on the other guy's rig to feel it out and then rip. Also how he pays attention to the bass solo. Absolute Master class.
Ladies and gentlemen that is George benson, probably the best jazz guitarist ever. That automatically makes him the greatest guitarist ever.
On the R&B side of jazz, maybe, though Wes Montgomery led the way. For more straight-up jazz, Joe Pass is utterly phenomenal, very different.
Nonsensical statement.
@@robertlepper5460 I think your post made sense, it was wrong but it was coherent.
True
That's like saying the best jazz sax player is/was Chuck Mangione!
Easy to see he is the real thing. No poser here just talent the rest of us can only dream about.
With a bunch of strange guys on a shredder guitar unlike anything he plays! This is an amazing performance!
I'm a long time fan of George, and a guitar player.He got up without a warmup, playing somebody else's rig and just tore it up !This is proof of why I'm a fan, go George go !!
The look at 1:23…
I'm here to pay this (in tune) guitar! Kudos to the guitar tech.
The man can play the guitar like he’s walking and dancing on water. And dang, his voice is still as sharpe and fabulous as ever. Legend.
Gold
Shreds. He’s unreal
Justfor fun, watch George play guitar, sing and dance on rollerskates in his 80’s video Give Me The Night
What a treat for the audience, they will never forget this performance.
Those parts that could be heard.m,
Huh! The spontaneous joy you stumble across in you tube.
Lol
@@valdatriegaardt6310 Thank you for bring me back to groove all the way down to my shoes on this toe-tappin' masterpiece again... George on a solid body, sends shivers down my spine.
Nothing but the best on rubber hits channel.
I once met George Benson; he was unexpectedly in the audience at a Roy Ayers gig in Ronnie Scotts around the turn of the millennium. He went up & did an impromptu tune with the band much like this, borrowing their guitar... Afterwards I eagerly sought him out in the audience as a big fan to thank him for his music (loved his Cookbook era) & as a jazz guitarist myself ask for any tips at all. He was super nice & friendly, but said he only had a few minutes to spare as had to chat to friends & to advise any nuances on the guitar would take way longer than that for him to even begin... Was just an honour to meet him I thought... I was at the club with my brother & at that time we looked much alike... My brother had been missing for ages so I looked around & eventually went to the upstairs bar to find him looking very confused... He told me George had appeared just offering tips on the guitar & they'd gone aside for a long advisory chat... He was too bewildered to ask why Mr Benson had proffered to give him so many tips & too starstruck to question why or really take it all in (he's also a jazz guitarist however so it fit in a bizarre & cosmically intuitive way for him!)... Turns out George wasn't remotely giving me any brush off earlier & after catching up with his buddies had later pulled my brother aside thinking he was me to really help out with some advice. I'll always really really rate him as a legendary man just for taking that time for me even if I didn't get to share it first hand!
Wow, incredible story...
Wow...Such synchronicity...How serendipitous! What a great share!!! Thanks.
Great story. Love it.
Great story, thanks for sharing this
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Getting fed up of adverts interrupting amazing music by brilliant musicians.
I was listening from the beginning and literally the moment George started to sing a fxcking advert appears - so ffff annoying !!
Probably the best version of this by George and an impromptu performance, no less!
Amazing!
The bass player gave it back to the legend. That is the way you do it.
So he was just chilling and then they called him up for a jam and he put on this astounding show? Just like that?! Dude's incredible, and the band's killing it, what a video!
benson is like michael jackson but instead of dancing he plays guitar.
I know. No freaking warmup. Just… BOOM! ❤️
He’d played that song a few times before.
It’s hard to believe anybody could be that good.
Artificial Intelligence is lobbying to get him cancelled .....
Man that was great... and very kind of you to invite him up on the stage. Respect
Still cannot believe this footage - he's sitting there trying to have a night off, and the next thing, he's up on stage giving it large; the absolute legend that is Mr George Benson - never off duty and the definition of professionalism. How lucky to be in the audience that night - if only ...
pretty sure that it was pre-arranged
@Nostalgic Lady Aaa but your here now connecting through time and space. What blessings we all have to connect to so many ages and artist and teachings that those with some Forethought and their willing sacrifice to hold still as can be many times just to provide for future generations like yourself right now or whenever now was when you heard this but again still not limited to only then but you can listen again and again and even share with others who can share O How glorious is that recorder or cameraman who many a times will never be known to those who receive their blessings from their sacrifice and there mercy to those of us who when listening to such great works of art feel filled with movement and spontaneous flowing thought movement, song and rhythm and harmony that to be still and not move and not sing and keep as quite and solid with not moving for a better experience for the future being like us who are so fortunate...I just really felt like i needed to thank the audio and video recorder and acknowledge their sacrifice for the future generations...would love to be able to search for the Roy Ayers show with George Benson here on you tube and to find the show you all are speaking of back there in comments💖💦🤲🙌🖖💃🤸♀🤹♀🧘♀🐯🐾🐉🌹🕸🛸🪐⚡🏳🌈☸☯⚛🌪🍄🛸♾🕉🧲🧬💹🎼🎧🎤🪗🎷📢📢🔊🎵📿🌩🌠🌟⛲🌄⛪🌐🗺🏔🏞🏝🎪⛺thanksdoc🧙♂🧘♂👣⚜🏳🌈🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣🏳⚧⬜⬛🟪🟦🟩🟨🟧🔴🔺💱🔃🔄⚛🕯🎨🎄🌅🌏🌎🌍🌻🌱🐚🐢🐳🦋🦎🪶🕊🐄🐂🐮🦬🦁🫀❤🩹💗💓😹😻🥺goodvibesthanksdocchillwcatbufferingstayhomelearningsocialdist😂😇🤗🛌🍌🍋🥭🥥🫐🌶🥢🏡🏯⛪🗽⛲⛵🛰🚀🥗🥬🥑🫒🍅🥝🍒🍓🍌🍹🗾🏟🏯🛺🎭🧩🎯🧿🥽🥼🥻👘🩳📯🔔🕯🪙💵💴🖋✒🖊🖌📆📐📏📈🗝🔑⚒🛠🪛🔧🪚🪓🔨⛏⚙🛡🪐🕸🦬🦇🦋🕷♌♒🔱☯☸🔯☮☦⚛✡🕉🪘🪕🎻🪗🎷🎹🎸🎺🥁🖥📽🎥🎬🪔🪡🧵🪄🔮🔥🌀🌪🌈⚡🌊⛩🌉♨🌋🏘🛖🏕🌽🌴🌳🪴🌲🐝🦜🦚🐦🐤🐓🐔🧞♀🧚♂✊🤟❤🔥
George Benson is national tresure.
@@MrPete-pe6ukno it wasn't
He will always be one of the greatest guitar players ever!!!
First time I've ever seen GB play a Strat-style solid body guitar, and still killed it. A reminder that its the player, and not the gear, that makes the music sound and feel good.
Solid body's are no different than hollow body's, same 6 strings and same tuning.....lol My dad watched Wes Montgomery play a sears silver tone once in a show because his gear was held up at the airport. lol 1962, true story
It ain't the arrow...it's the Indian.
Damn right - it's all in the fingers/hands/body. He's wearing it considerably lower/strap-wise than he normally would, but still got that swing.
I once played Allan Holdsworth's actual guitar through Allan Holdsworth's actual rig. It did not sound even remotely like Allan Holdsworth.
Which was disappointing, but predictable, I guess.
As we say down here in New Orleans, yeah you rite.
To play like this on someone else’s rig on the fly, no words can describe the level of professionalism he exudes! Wish I’d been in that club when this took place, Holy Cow!
That bass player is no joke either!
the guy is incredible! and the "camera man" turns his camera to him after 3 minutes in solo :)
That bassman have that monster groove...u the man
true
yeah i was like he can try, but he was there, very impressed
Glad he could deliver when George asked for it! :D
I saw many of the greats perform live in concert in the 70's and 80's. Michael, Prince, Earth, Wind & Fire, U2, Bowie, Heart, Bryan Adams. All of their shows were spectacular. But my favorite all time live concert moment was George Benson playing "This Masqurade" at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. George and the band played the song down just like the record and when they were done the stage lights went down the spotlight hit George and his guitar and he proceeded to play the song again by himself using the craziest jazz block chords, scatting and guitar ad libs I have ever heard in my life. I could not believe what I was hearing!!! I remember looking at my girlfriend in shock I was so amazed at what I was hearing. I grew up listening to herbie, chick, weather report, etc... And my father was a well known tap dancer in 50's who performed with Duke, Basie and Nat King Cole and my Godfather is the late great Erroll Garner. So I had heard some amazing jazz musicians before that night I saw George. Hands down the best live concert moment I ever saw! 🎼🔥👍💥
You had the same concert experiences I did. My boss managed EWF, Prince and Weather Report'. A friend from Warner Bros records got us front row seats for George Benson st the Music Center in LA. 70s were the very best in live and recorded music. This is such a great video!!'
The bass player is blistering on this too
I really enjoyed his solo..man!
No warmup. He just stood up, and this fluffed off of him… Too much! ❤❤👏👏
That is the definition of a "session". George Benson is beyond a class act!!!! Thank God it was recorded.
Young mark whitfield was a sad broker in wall Street playin jazz in the nights. one day GBenson was in the club and was astonished by him, new contract and cd for MWhitfield. woww. ciao from italy.
Just watched Rick Beato's incredible interview with George and had to find this video I remembered watching. What an absolute masterful legend. Seriously, nobody compares to this guy. Hops up on stage sitting in on a metal shredder guitar and sounds exactly like ... George Frigging Benson! THE MAN!!!!!
Every second of this more precious than gold. The world is a much better place directly due to this footage. A thousand thanks are not enough. George is a God, and the bass solo was superb - I'm sure even George's secret weapon, the great Stanley Banks would agree.
❤I watch this video at least once a week 😀 So good..😊
"Cuz I can play this here guitar " what a talent..astounding
@@bassmanbilly1969 me too, every Friday my husband grabs his guitar and plays along whilst I dance. Each time we simply agree Benson is AMAZING ❤
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This song STILL makes me bounce and strut like it did when I was seven years old. I cannot give it high enough praise, it's just that great a song.
I was probably 11 or so. Amazing song and an amazing artist.
Take a pop song, adapt it to a jazz riff, then enrich it with a rich timbre...this is genius. Viva George!
This just shows thatmost music and "musicians" today SUCKS! This is real music played with heart and soul!
It does no such thing. A lot of music and musicians in 1978 when George Benson recorded the seminal love "On Broadway" track sucked as well, RUclips only surfaces the good stuff for your rose-tinted glasses.
It's not just that you're old, it's that your ears have shut down and you're not trying to find awesome new music. That's your right, the best from 100 years of recorded music will inevitably outclass whatever this decade can contribute, but spare us your dismissal of music made today.
It's almost a fear to do what they want, The Stones were surprised when they went back to their roots recently. They released the album with a slight warning it wasn't very rock n roll. It was loved by the fans.
Some of the modern guys judt need to let rip, stop trying to keep up an image. They are good enough I'm sure. That David guy who covered Simon and Garfunkle's sound of silence for example.
I took my little sister to see George Benson in concert back in the 70's. Stellar performance and such a gentleman.
Every time he does this song it gets better. George truly is a S T A R. Just amazing hearing him jam, live and free.
Jeez, I,m sure that George could play this 10, 15 different ways, & as long as he has got that brilliant bass behind him, it will always sound fantastic.
This is your favorite guitar player's favorite guitar player.
My man!
facts.....
This is true.
Caro George, ho avuto la gioia e l' onore di ascoltarti e vederti a Torino, quando quel genio di organizzatore, che era Sergio Ramella ( R.I.P ), era capace di portare in nord Italia, tutto il carrozzone glorioso si Umbria Jazz... una volta, in un concerto EPICO, suonasti con McCoy Tyner e ne venne fuori un momento indimenticabile... Sei un Grande, George, un musicista immenso.. ma questo lo sai già, ti mando tutto l' affetto e la stima del mondo.
Don't know who the 102 people are who disliked this but they have more problems than I would care to address. This is what it's about!!! Please cherish this!! This kind of talent does not come around often and when it's gone, it's gone!! Remember when Prince left us? The ultra great George Benson!! Sir, you are one of the very best!!!
Unbelievable. He is possessed of so much talent. What a lesson in just jumping up and giving it all up. God bless you, George Benson!
God Bless you George 🙏
Me and a friend saw this man do a show in Dallas late nineties and he tore this song up for about 30 minutes. Never seen anything close to what they did just blew my mind. Tight, tight tempo changes and crazy funky riffs on his guitar.
Legendary musician and hero
I'm 63 an I've been listening to his music, His singing, "scatin' His virtuoso Guitar playing is Legendary, All I can say is Wow 🎸🎸🔥🎸🎸🔥🎸🎸
Simply "AMAZING"-- George Benson is the best. What a musician and the band is killing it. I Love this song. I still have the long 45 version. On Broadway 🎶🎶🎵
A beautiful, humble, man of god. We love you George.
Perhaps his best live version of "On Broadway" by the master of the guitar Mr. George Benson.
I think so and I love Geo Benson's music.
It bums me out so much to see that George Benson sounds like George Benson on any guitar.
I had been holding on to the hope that I would sound just as good if I only had his gear. Guess I’ll go practice. And cry.
TheRealMcP I’m coming to cry with you too
At one point I thought my parents were rich and just hiding it from me to teach me how to relate to the common man. A comparable level of disappointment.
@@stockstilloutdoor6111 - dude that is about the cleverest comment I have ever seen on social media. Brilliant! made me smile … txs
Been down that rabbit hole man. Bought and sold several guitars hoping, "this is the one." I'm fairly good, these guitars are as good as they come, but in no way can that combination even approach the virtuosity of George Benson. At times, I hav wanted to burn guitars, throw them in the river or smash them with a hammer. It's a false church! As so clearly demonstrated here, it took George maybe ten seconds to get his tone and get acclimated to this little overdrive shredder guitar, a guitar I would not even pick up, and tear the roof off the house with it. He has always been and always will be my single biggest influence, even though I can not play anything remotely like him. This video is yet again an inspiration, a call to get back and practice more today. Thanks as always George Benson. Truly the best ever.
I went home, kicked my guitar off the stand and went back to the drums. What's the point? Haha
I met george in 92 when he had a tour in argentina; he held a guitar clinic to a limited audience and I was there. I asked george about his picking technique, he said just play softly. well I have to say he is a very very very humble guy, I even took a photo and got his signature. It was just like a dream come true, as a jazz guitar student.
Holy Mother of God!!! George Benson Ladies and Gentleman! So glad he was born.
I like how he came in completely cold and started rippin' it right away, lol.
I am a big fan and I admire the fact that he has never said a curse word , what a genuine nice person!
George Benson with a fucking super strat guitar! wow he gets his jazzy sound from any guitar!!! its in his fingers!!!
There is no musician on this planet with more COOL than George. So friggin amazing.
Wah Wah Watson
I think that after the gig, when I got home, I would take that white guitar, put it on a stand in the living room and just stare at it for the rest of the night trying to understand how George could find the music he played on it! Took him all of ten seconds to get his tone out of it. The band's guitarist strapped on a guitar but then just took it back off and spent the rest of the song just watching George. Can't say I blame the guy. I think of George Benson walked on stage when I was doing a gig, I probably wouldn't be able to play Mary Had a Little Lamb. This must have been such an honor.
That was AWESOME❕❕❕
I've loved George Benson for 50+ years.
On Broadway is good but This Masquerade is my fav song. 😎👍👍
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Holy crap! George just jumps up there, grabs someone else's guitar, and shreds like he's possessed. T-A-L-E-N-T! And the bass player is good - love how he solos and impresses George enough to comment to his protege.
brotherjahluv exactly!
Yes indeed, !!!....Bassist makin' his presence known.
Yeah
Love Heart &Soul Artists.....
Send this to a reactionary. I've always loved this song, but this is above and beyond they're killing it. Any George Benson is top of the heap!
George Benson was sooo smooth. Love the Breezin record.
One of the most natural guitarists the world has ever seen...remember Billies Bounce???
George’s mum gave birth to a guitar and George just happened to be attached to it …never seen such a natural guitarist
Man was even his guitar and he rips it up. That's real talent. Ohhhh check out his great vocals too!!
Damn, the man has always, always, always had the smoothest hands. He's like Roy Clark: impeccably talented and enjoys himself on stage so much, it's infectious. You can''t help but have a great time. Period.
Funny you mention Roy Clark. Look up a session where they played together.
@@clarenceconwell6183...and where Roy does Dueling Banjos with Glen Campbell.
There is no argument George Benson is the greatest jazz blues guitar player that has ever lived
Martin Fisher not according to Santana, it is Gabor Szabo who showed new ways of playing( jazz) guitar. GB is phenomenal I agree but, as also being a Hungarian myself, and them both having been friends at one time in the past and attending the same school I heard that GB took some tunes that was written by GSZ.
I wonder if anybody has any comment or info about this...
Wow..just wow! What a performer. 👌👌 "I can play this here guitar" Yes he can!
Jeez, Even Genesis incorporated it in their "Lamb lies down on broadway", & it fits perfectly. Fantastic, Incredible, Wonderful, Amazing, Brilliant, double funk, a slice of jazz, triple cool. & just great.
Some of the happiest moments of my life were spent listening to music like this with friends and family.
This is priceless.
It’s like he went back in time and grabbed his younger hungrier self .The first Jazz guitarist to cross over to the pop world .This post was like a fine wine .
The amount of cowbell is *just right*.
I'm pretty sure we're going to need more cowbell.
Helluva group of musicians.
I had a FEVER. But I got my prescription.
No fever!!
😂😂😂😂😂
When most people think of George Benson, they usually think of one or two of his hits (ie: Give Me The Night), but what they often overlook is just how talented he is. One of the “Greats” as guitar players, and so much more❗️
OMG... I have loved George Benson and his incredible style since I worked on one of his concerts at Central Michigan University back in the 1970's. The man was so nice, he even invited us all back to his dressing room for champagne after the concert. Total class and style!
How lucky would you be to have been in that audience, expecting to see one act, and then get GEORGE MF BENSON as a bonus???
Yes indeed......George Benson. A long long time ago George use to work for my uncle in the roofing business when George was just getting his start. The biscuit and gravy district of Downtown Pittsburgh. Ever since then, George Benson has been a household name in my family and my Grandfather always said that if you ever are in the presence of George...........you are in the presence of greatness...far beyond royality, you are in the presence of the right hand man of God. How true he was........................
Agreed. Never sell George short.
What a good thing man. You should all be proud, and I know you are. I'll send you a great big hug to all of you.
I had the opportunity to Mr. Benson in Concert in US Virgin Islands. Man I was blown away. The best jazz guitarist ever!
Mark Whitfield looks so incredibly happy and proud to see his mentor, teacher, and hero take the place by storm.
One of a kind, Super Great. You know who it is.
I was just a boy when Benson's album "Breezin'" ruled the charts. I thought he was an amazing artist. After all of these years he had not lost that magic
Mr.George is possibly 'the' most respected and respectable man in music, always the professional.
Arguably the greatest blues/jazz guitar player ever...Ever.
T Bone?
loved benson before he became famous and still do. greatest jazz guitar ever.
@@willmurray222 Yeah I remember him as a damn good jazz guitarist from before he got into vocal stuff. Trouble is the playing took a back seat to the vocals latterly, but I guess it made him more money which, speaking as a musician, I can't blame him for doing. Nat King Cole went down that route too, as did Louis Armstrong. ;)
I might disagree, and so might he. Wes Montgomery was his teacher...
GB is R&B Jazz Funk. Not Blues/Jazz.
Class personified, it really doesn't get much better than that folks...the man is a musical Legend.
All I can say is wow he never changes. Can you imagine being taught by George Benson???
A true Legend and Master!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are all still in awe of this man!!
This is why George Benson is the MAN!!! He came up on the spot and showed his talent on a guitar that isn't even his! He took it away!
And a totally different style of guitar to boot, solid body rock guitar, thin line, different neck and profile to George's more traditional Gibson / Gretsch style larger hollow body, more acoustic in nature. Shows us his genius in being able to still sound like George - he could play a broom with 2 nails and a wire between... What a man! Thanks for huge upload.
JazzyZenBrotha, you posted exactly what I was going to post!!!!!! I'll add : His guitar playing is so extraordinary that it's easy to forget what an ultra fantastic vocalist George is as well.
IMPRESSIVE GEORGE PERFORMANCE...any other kind?? LUVED the BLUES guitar work pulling from his unlikely, and rich childhood BLUES music exposure and playing experiences. Bluesy jazz SCAT singing was...genuine-sounding and excellently phrased, synchopated, and pleasantly pitched and clearly articulated !!!
This is what music is all about. Thank you George for this moment in the absolute zone that so few artists can reach.
thanks for being an inspiration.
George is one of the best ! That bass player was popping some great notes! Great combination of both. Unforgettable performance! Thank you
He’s first class musician
Every time I cross his name on my favorite song list!, mandatory listening time 👏🤌👍, d.whitley👋
This what happens when Gods touches someone and they find their calling. George Benson is the simply sensational. He's the best period.
dideal1 agree 🙌🏻🤝🤘🏻
somehow I just discovered this clip and am ...stupefied...this is magnificent stuff...
who needs a fuzz/distortion /overdrive when you can play blues licks that fast?
the overdrive comes handy when you're playing slow...
That ain't blues.
When your melodic and lyrical like George Benson you dont need to have effects.👍
nicholas peter gagg he’s not playing blues licks and it’s not about playing fast.
What a gift I just received!
having been into george starting in the late 70's ,i consider myself extremely "blessed" to watch and hear george in this clip. we have been given a man's accumulated skill and maturity that he's acquired over the years . this for me is way richer and deeper than anything we got from the early george . what a precious historical document . it's just like old good wine . george and the boys caught the magic that night .pity the vid quality is so crap.but despite the poor vid quality we can still catch and feel the exceptional performance .
i suspect george was front and centre for this and really tried hard for the guys that called him on stage because they honoured him so much .that's what made it way better than anything i've seen heard him do.he really put his whole heart into this plus a bit more for the guys .it was a personal thankyou from george to them because they were smart enough to recognise more than most people what he's capable of ..they made it hard for him and set the bar really high when they addressed him as THE GREAT GEORGE BENSON . but george jumped up and over with ease .and brought the GREATNESS with him
This is scary good. Told my sister this is about the only live version of a song I’ve ever liked better than the original song on a record.
a loaner guitar and a strange microphone .... and bammmm
one of our greatest stars
gaga could do that.
After all these years, I keep on coming to this version. Masterpiece! Also don' forget that the bass player killed it as well!
Love the bass tone absolutely the best of both world
Not enough thumbs up in the world for this one.
This is literally a "hold my beer" moment, and as usual George crushed it, and that bass player really came through. Great clip!
This.... with out any doubt is one of the most remarkable songs and performers that couldn't define America beyond something that is not definable. To me George defines everything that genius is capable of in America..................................
Aw, Jeff, you just HAD to lower the tone and spoil the vibe and drag us all down into the gutter and get the mood all dirty with that nasty, nasty flag stuff that sticks to the sole of your shoe and turns every damn thing into a great stinking mess of lebensraum and loathing and bitterness and hate and -
What? Sorry, did I get a little carried away? Nationalism? Chauvinism? In this day and age? Gosh. Fancy that.
It's a fine musical performance by one of the greats. That's quite sufficient.
O cara toca muitoooo olha o cara olhando prá ele surpreso e abismado com tanto talento imagine se ele tivesse com.a guitarra dele uauuuu
The first guitarist just loving it 🙂
I don't know what to say there are no words..
this man is truly inspirational he is truly the best
The voice
The guitar 🎸
Genius
Kids listen and learn
George Benson
George Benson is his name🎸🎶❤
Well said...This music will have people singing,swinging,dancing,,,,Forever...
A TRULY AMAZING TIMELESS MASTERPIECE From GB A TRUE and REAL MUSICIAN and ARTISTE THANKSSß
I can't stop watching this. Always loved George Benson since the 70s. Please play this at my graveside when my time comes.
THAT BASS PLAYER!!!!! And OBVIOUSLY George needs no Shout out.. HE’s THE MAN !!!
The Bass player was amazing also.